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Mike Agranoff

...a one of a kind folk musician

If you've been around the folk scene, you couldn't miss seeing Mike.
Tall, ginger beard, and always around where the music is. He's been on the scene for many many
years, listening to the fine details of what makes this genre of music so
special to the soul, so able to make us laugh and cry and think. And lucky
for us all, he got serious about having fun at it.

Equally at home in
the contemporary and traditional camps of the Folk world, he is a fine musician
and storyteller. His prime instrument is the guitar, upon which he shines
with intricate fingerstyle arrangements of anything from Tin Pan Alley tunes
of the '20s to fiddle tunes to his own music. He also plays concertina,
piano, banjo, or sings acapella. He can be uproariously funny, contempletive,
and powerfully emotional in the space of a few minutes. Not so much a singer-songwriter as a "singer-songfinder, Mike takes great delight in discovering the little-known hidden gems, polishing them with his own distinctive style, and bringing them to the light of day where they sparkle. The man will capture
your attention, and then your heart.

Not only a performer,
Mike is involved in presenting folk music as well. He is one of the prime
movers of The Folk
Project, New Jersey's oldest and strongest folk music organization.
For over two decades he has been chairman of that organization's Minstrel
Coffeehouse, one of the longest lived and most respected folk venues in
the country.

Audio and video samples

Go to the Store and scroll down to the description of Mike's recordings. Next to each
track is a symbol.
Click on that to hear either a clip from the track or the full track as
noted.

Click Videos and you'll see some links to videos of Mike and his YouTube Channel. Enjoy!

Coffeehouse of the Absurd is an evening of intelligent and satiric comedy featuring me and John Forster. The "Absurd" show is pretty much all humor. For more information and some samples of our work together please visit my Bio page.

Gathering Time is a vocal harmony trio based in Long Island, NY. It features the prodigious voices of Stuart Markus, Hillary Foxsong, and Gerry Mckeveny. Our show format is a split bill, with each of us doing our own set, but also sitting in on about 1/3 of each other's sets. So they add vocal harmonies and lead guitar work to my set, and I add a 4th voice and concertina to their set. The result is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts, and a very entertaining show. On my bio page, you can find further information and some samples of our work.